Author: Thomas Douglas Earl of SelkirkPublisher:
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Category : Manitoba
Languages : en
Pages :
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Writings and Papers of Thomas Douglas, Fifth Earl of Selkirk
Author: Thomas Douglas Earl of SelkirkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manitoba
Languages : en
Pages :
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Writings and Papers of Thomas Douglas, Fifth Earl of Selkirk
Author: Manitoba Record SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manitoba
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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The Collected Writings of Lord Selkirk, 1799-1809
Author: Thomas Douglas Earl of SelkirkPublisher:
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Category : Northwest, Canadian
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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Lord Selkirk
Author: J.M. BumstedPublisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press
ISBN: 0887553370
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 517
Book Description
Thomas Douglas, the Fifth Earl of Selkirk (1770–1820), was a complex man of his times, whose passions left an indelible mark on Canadian history. A product of the Scottish Enlightenment and witness to the French Revolution, he dedicated his fortune and energy to the vision of a new colony at the centre of North America. His final legacy, the Red River Settlement, led to the eventual end of the dominance of the fur trade and began the demographic and social transformation of western Canada. The product of three decades of research, this is the definitive biography of Lord Selkirk. Bumsted’s passionate prose and thoughtful analysis illuminate not only the man, but also the political and economic realities of the British empire at the turn of the nineteenth century. He analyzes Selkirk’s position within these realities, showing how his paternalistic attitudes informed his “social experiments” in colonization and translated into unpredictable, and often tragic, outcomes. Bumsted also provides extensive detail on the complexities of colonization, the Scottish Enlightenment, Scottish peerage, the fur trade, the Red River settlement, and early British-Canadian politics.
The Collected Writings of Lord Selkirk
Author: Thomas Douglas Earl of SelkirkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Northwest, Canadian
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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White People, Indians, and Highlanders
Author: Colin G. CallowayPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199712891
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
In nineteenth century paintings, the proud Indian warrior and the Scottish Highland chief appear in similar ways--colorful and wild, righteous and warlike, the last of their kind. Earlier accounts depict both as barbarians, lacking in culture and in need of civilization. By the nineteenth century, intermarriage and cultural contact between the two--described during the Seven Years' War as cousins--was such that Cree, Mohawk, Cherokee, and Salish were often spoken with Gaelic accents. In this imaginative work of imperial and tribal history, Colin Calloway examines why these two seemingly wildly disparate groups appear to have so much in common. Both Highland clans and Native American societies underwent parallel experiences on the peripheries of Britain's empire, and often encountered one another on the frontier. Indeed, Highlanders and American Indians fought, traded, and lived together. Both groups were treated as tribal peoples--remnants of a barbaric past--and eventually forced from their ancestral lands as their traditional food sources--cattle in the Highlands and bison on the Great Plains--were decimated to make way for livestock farming. In a familiar pattern, the cultures that conquered them would later romanticize the very ways of life they had destroyed. White People, Indians, and Highlanders illustrates how these groups alternately resisted and accommodated the cultural and economic assault of colonialism, before their eventual dispossession during the Highland Clearances and Indian Removals. What emerges is a finely-drawn portrait of how indigenous peoples with their own rich identities experienced cultural change, economic transformation, and demographic dislocation amidst the growing power of the British and American empires.
From New Peoples to New Nations
Author: Gerhard J. EnsPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442627115
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
From New Peoples to New Nations is a broad historical account of the emergence of the Metis as distinct peoples in North America over the last three hundred years. Examining the cultural, economic, and political strategies through which communities define their boundaries, Gerhard J. Ens and Joe Sawchuk trace the invention and reinvention of Metis identity from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Their work updates, rethinks, and integrates the many disparate aspects of Metis historiography, providing the first comprehensive narrative of Metis identity in more than fifty years. Based on extensive archival materials, interviews, oral histories, ethnographic research, and first-hand working knowledge of Metis political organizations, From New Peoples to New Nations addresses the long and complex history of Metis identity from the Battle of Seven Oaks to today's legal and political debates.
Red River Rising
Author: B. J. BaylePublisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 145970228X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
In 1813, Angus, a young Scot, and his family endure hardships as they attempt to start a new life in Canada. As they struggle to survive, they find themselves caught up in the rivalry between two fur-trading empires.
Sailor's Hope
Author: Rusty BittermannPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773537732
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The story of an important figure in the history of pre-Confederation Canada.
Contours of a People
Author: Nicole St-OngePublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806146346
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
What does it mean to be Metis? How do the Metis understand their world, and how do family, community, and location shape their consciousness? Such questions inform this collection of essays on the northwestern North American people of mixed European and Native ancestry who emerged in the seventeenth century as a distinct culture. Volume editors Nicole St-Onge, Carolyn Podruchny, and Brenda Macdougall go beyond the concern with race and ethnicity that takes center stage in most discussions of Metis culture to offer new ways of thinking about Metis identity. Geography, mobility, and family have always defined Metis culture and society. The Metis world spanned the better part of a continent, and a major theme of Contours of a People is the Metis conception of geography—not only how Metis people used their environments but how they gave meaning to place and developed connections to multiple landscapes. Their geographic familiarity, physical and social mobility, and maintenance of family ties across time and space appear to have evolved in connection with the fur trade and other commercial endeavors. These efforts, and the cultural practices that emerged from them, have contributed to a sense of community and the nationalist sentiment felt by many Metis today. Writing about a wide geographic area, the contributors consider issues ranging from Metis rights under Canadian law and how the Library of Congress categorizes Metis scholarship to the role of women in maintaining economic and social networks. The authors’ emphasis on geography and its power in shaping identity will influence and enlighten Canadian and American scholars across a variety of disciplines.